Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 707

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11337420

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scientific name

Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann 1780)
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[Bos] moschatus Zimmermann 1780 , Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 86.

Type Locality: Canada, Manitoba, "Bewohnt anjezt hauptsachlich Neuwallis an der Hudsonsbay ban zwischen Seefalber- (Seals) und Churchill-Fluss zwischen dem 59 bis 61. Grad Breite" (between Seal and Churchill Rivers).

Vernacular Names: Muskox.

Distribution: Formerly Point Barrow, Alaska ( USA) east to NE Greenland, south to NE Manitoba ( Canada). Range now much reduced. Introduced to Seward Peninsula and Nunivak Isl, Alaska ( USA); Taimyr Peninsula and Wrangel Isl ( Russia); and Svalbard ( Norway), where it has since died out.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Tener (1965). Reviewed by Lent (1988, Mammalian Species, 302).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Bovidae

Genus

Ovibos

Loc

Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Bos] moschatus

Zimmermann 1780: 86
1780
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